John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress was published on this day in 1678
	Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in the United States on this day in 1885
	Wallace Stegner (Pulitzer-winning Angle of Repose) was born on this day in 1909
	Helen Gurley Brown (Sex and the Single Girl) died on this day in 1922. Brown was also notable as the editor of Cosmopolitan for 32 years.
	Len Deighton (Bomber, Game, Set & Match) was born on this day in 1929
	Cartoonist Johnny Hart (B.C., The Wizard of Id) was born on this day in 1931
	Toni Morrison (The Song of Solomon) was born on this day in 1931
	Jean M. Auel (The Clan of the Cave Bear) was born on this day in 1936